He was subpoenaed to appear before the Senate Commerce Committee on February 12th, but pleaded the Fifth Amendment, refusing to say anything in order to avoid incriminating himself.
This evidence has been subpoenaed by a congressional committee which will hold hearings later this year.In many ways, the Justice Department's troubles stem from its own failure to conduct a thorough internal investigation after Waco.
The investment banks are also attempting to stop Mr Spitzer publishing all the internal documents he has subpoenaed.
Already, a fresh scandal is brewing over Mr Rove's alleged use of private e-mail accounts running on his BlackBerry rather than the official White House e-mail system, whose contents can easily be subpoenaed.
Mr Bonds was subpoenaed, and testified that he did not know what substances he had taken.
Mr Yabran has been subpoenaed to explain what connection, if any, he had with this affair.
On February 11th, Qwest Communications, another telecoms firm, said that the SEC had subpoenaed documents relating to its relationship with Global Crossing, though it said that it had done nothing wrong.
It has subpoenaed a number of executives to explain a $3.8 billion hole in the accounts of the once high-flying telecoms giant.
Frank Quattrone, once CSFB's star technology banker, is accused of ordering the destruction of e-mails that had been subpoenaed in a government investigation into suspect initial public offerings.
It is the first time a Spanish royal has been subpoenaed in modern times.Brain trustBarack Obama announced a new programme to conduct research into mapping the human brain and to help find cures for diseases such as Alzheimer's.
See articleThe White House got into a constitutional spat with the Republican-controlled House of Representatives when it invoked executive privilege, for the first time in Mr Obama's presidency, to withhold documents subpoenaed by a committee relating to a controversial undercover anti-gun-running operation.
